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Advancing academic opportunities for disadvantaged youth: third year impact evaluation of a privately-managed school in a poor neighbourhood in Montevideo
Balsa, Ana Inés; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)We study the three-year impact of a private tuition-free middle school on theacademic outcomes of poor students. Several features of the treatment school fit withinnovative paradigms that have delivered successful outcomes ... -
Aseguramiento público, provisión privada: impacto en el acceso a servicios perinatales y en la salud del recién nacido
Balsa, Ana Inés; Triunfo, Patricia (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2015)A partir del año 2008, con la implementación del Sistema Nacional Integrado de Salud, el gobierno uruguayo extendió el seguro social de salud a colectivos no amparados previamente. A diferencia de la cobertura pública, el ... -
Campaña antitabaco en uruguay: impacto en la decisión de dejar de fumar durante el embarazo y en el peso al nacer
Harris, Jeffrey E.; Balsa, Ana Inés; Triunfo, Patricia (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)Background. In 2005, Uruguay instituted a nationwide tobacco control campaign that has resulted in a substantial decline in nationwide smoking rates. We sought to determine the quantitative contributions of each of the ... -
Crianza positiva: combining group workshops and e-messages to strengthen parenting competences
Balsa, Ana Inés; Gómez, Esteban; González, María del Luján; Bloomfield, Juanita; Cid, Alejandro; Valdés, Rosario (Springer, 2023) -
Exposures to Particulate Matter from the Eruptions of the Puyehue Volcanoand Birth Outcomes in Montevideo, Uruguay
Balsa, Ana Inés; Caffera, Marcelo; Bloomfield, Juanita (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2016) -
Impact evaluation of a privately managed tuition-free middle school in a poor neighborhood in Montevideo
Balsa, Ana Inés; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)Using a randomized trial, we evaluate the impact of afreeprivately-managed middle schoolin a poor neighborhood. The research comparesovertimeadolescents randomly selectedto enterLiceo-Jubilarand thosethat were notdrawn in ... -
Lessons from participation in a web-based substance use preventive program in Uruguay
Balsa, Ana Inés; Gandelman, Néstor; Lamé, Diego (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2011)We analyzed individual and program characteristics associated with participation in an ICT-based substance use preventive intervention in Uruguay, South America. The intervention was directed at nine- and ten-grade students ... -
Peer and parental influence in the development of cognitive skills and predispostion to risky behaviour
Balsa, Ana Inés; Gandelman, Néstor; Roldán, Flavia (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2017)This paper analyzes the strategic interactions between peers and parents in the development of adolescent’s cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills, as proxied by the predisposition to use substances. We estimate a ... -
Peer effects in risk aversion
Balsa, Ana Inés; Gandelman, Néstor; González, Nicolás (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)Using data onUruguayan adolescents, we estimate peer effects in risk attitudes. Relative risk aversion is elicited in an experimental setting. Identification is based on parents not being able to ... -
Peer effects vs. parental influence in the development of capabilities in adolescence
Balsa, Ana Inés; Gandelman, Néstor; Roldán, Flavia (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2016)The past decade has witnessed the surge of a large body of research analyzing critical periods for investment in children’s skills. Most of this literature has underscored the importance of parental investments and of ... -
Positive parenting: babies and toddlers group-based parental interventions
Antonaccio, Valentina; Balsa, Ana Inés; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2017)Early childhood development is increasingly recognized as a key public issue. Parenting interventions form an important evidence-based strategy to foster infant-toddler cognitive and language skills, motor and socio-emotional ... -
Providing academic opportunities to vulnerable adolescents: a randomized evaluation of privately managed tuition-free middle schools in Uruguay
Balsa, Ana Inés; Cid, Alejandro; Zardo, Ana Laura (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2019)We conducted a randomized evaluation of three privately managed middle schools in Uruguay aimed at providing education opportunities to adolescents from low income socioeconomic status. At 3-year follow-up, treatment ... -
Relative deprivation and risky behaviors
Balsa, Ana Inés; French, Michael T.; Regan, Tracy L. (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2013)Relative deprivation has been associated with lower socialand job satisfaction as well as adverse health outcomes. Using Add Health data, we examine whethera student’srelative socioeconomic status (SES)has a direct effect ... -
Social interactions in health behaviors and conditions
Balsa, Ana Inés; Díaz, Carlos (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2018)We review the economic literature of the past 20 years on peer effects in health behaviors and conditions. We find consistent evidence of peer effects across a wide range of behaviors and outcomes (alcohol, body weight, ... -
¿Son los cuidados prenatales efectivos?. Un enfoque con datos individuales de panel
Balsa, Ana Inés; Triunfo, Patricia (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2013)Objetivo: El reembolso de los proveedores del Sistema Nacional Integrado de Salud en Uruguay (SNIS) está sujeto parcialmente al cumplimiento de metas asistenciales. Entre estos objetivos figuran el inicio de los controles ... -
The effect of temporary and intense exposure to particulate matter on birth outcomes in Montevideo
Balsa, Ana Inés; Caffera, Marcelo; Bloomfield, Juanita (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2015)Background: Prior estimates of the correlation between ambient air pollutants’ concentrations and perinatal health show dispersion in magnitudes, as well as positive and negative signs. These differences may be partially ... -
The effectiveness of prenatal care in a low income population: a panel data approach
Balsa, Ana Inés; Triunfo, Patricia (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)This paper analyzes the impact of prenatal care on the likelihood of low birth weight and prematurity using panel data on births taking place between 1995 and 2008 in the largest maternity ward in Uruguay. The use of ... -
The effects of social health insurance expansion and increased choice on perinatal health and health care use: lessons from the uruguayan health care reform
Balsa, Ana Inés; Triunfo, Patricia (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2018)In 2007 the Uruguayan government launched a reform aimed at expanding social healthinsurance to family-members of formal workers and to retirees. The policy increased insurance generosity -relative to the safety net ... -
The impact of parental drinking on children's use of health care
Balsa, Ana Inés; French, Michael T. (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2011)Objective: Alcohol misuse by parents can affect the demand for children’s health care in a number of different ways. The primary objective of this study is to estimate the impact that high intensity drinkers have on their ...